Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a stress cardiomyopathy characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction.1 TTC typically presents in postmenopausal women and is triggered by physical or emotional stress, most likely owing to an increased sympathetic activity.1 Symptoms resemble those of an acute myocardial infarction and the patients often present with various electrocardiogram (ECG) changes proposing an alteration in cardiac repolarization.2 Previously, familial clustering of TTC has been described, suggesting a genetic predisposition to TTC.
